The picture was taken in Albert County NB just before he sailed for France in WW I; aboard the SS Olympic;
(which was the sister ship to the SS Titanic which hit an iceberg with much loss of life). He served 23 months with the 1st
Canadian Vet Hospital. He was a blacksmith and horse shoe finisher; so he serviced all the ambulance and transport mules as
well as the army horses for the troops; because this was before they acquired motor vehicles.